tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post4096321395699368553..comments2024-03-22T01:06:23.845-07:00Comments on Confessions of a College Professor: Open Admission Administration GibberishDoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-66203932711139588562015-01-21T05:59:15.954-08:002015-01-21T05:59:15.954-08:00YOU might have learned the material but aside from...YOU might have learned the material but aside from testing you in person, no one can prove you know your material. This is key. Testing has to happen when someone is observing you during the test otherwise, you can have someone take the test for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-88120901696735919022015-01-19T18:10:36.726-08:002015-01-19T18:10:36.726-08:00Not all distance education is fraud. For instance,...Not all distance education is fraud. For instance, I once took a correspondence course from a real university. The exams were held at the university. I am also taking language courses at Babbel.com and Udemy. They are not credited, but I'm learning. I intend to renew my Babbel subscription and take more courses at Udemy. While Babbel gives me flexibility (it's basically a site with good lessons), Udemy has the advantage of consistency. I am taking one short lesson per day every single day. Where is the scam? If I could get credit for this, I would do it honesty and that wouldn't be more of a scam. But I know I'm not getting any and that the courses are not free. I'm open to the idea of trying other similar services but I'm busy enough as it is and some online educational services do not offer the things I would like to study. But the idea of distance/online education is not a scam.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-69349279578154283602015-01-19T13:49:51.357-08:002015-01-19T13:49:51.357-08:00There's more to it than just the "no way ...There's more to it than just the "no way anyone can prove" issue. You'll note, even after 10 years of it, there are still no distance education schools with any particular reputation for legitimacy.<br /><br />You'll also note these schools have the "community college structure", which is ripe for fraud. Key to this structure is all hiring and contracts are short term, and done via administrators that care nothing for education, only for growth.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-26339705908987967452015-01-19T13:46:08.292-08:002015-01-19T13:46:08.292-08:00"Distance education" is a FRAUD. There ..."Distance education" is a FRAUD. There is no way anyone can prove they actually did any work. Cheating is nearly totally expected since it is rewarded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-20259921708563383392015-01-19T06:51:41.843-08:002015-01-19T06:51:41.843-08:00Some growth may be possible on an international sc...Some growth may be possible on an international scale. Believe it or not, in some school systems, it is possible to complete all the high school courses and nevertheless get no degree because of the high-school leaving exam that not everybody can pass. The bad "colleges" would then attract students abroad or set up shop in the country or online and grant "degrees" to those people and to others. It may also be possible to set up MOOCs or partner with existing ones to grant actual credit courses, since the "college" is "accredited" and can grant real credits, which MOOCs generally cannot. If a college has an actual building, it could handle the testing, since the main problem with distance education is how to supervise testing.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.com